The ground tremor attracted everyone's attention, and even the brothers and sisters of the Da Zhang family and the Guo family hurriedly got up and looked at each other and asked what was going on. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this era, those who could ride horses were generally Yuan people or post chas, but post cha would not carry so many horses on the road at the same time. If you meet the Yuan people, it will be dangerous, I heard that there are some ferocious barbarians among the Yuan people who like to give birth to human flesh the most, and they do not pity women. There was once a group of Yuan people who slaughtered the men and children of the entire village in the north, and humiliated the women to death, even the sixty-year-old lady was not spared.

Whenever she thinks of this, Ma Xiuying will wonder if Little Japan and Yuan Ren are the same ancestor, they are so vicious and perverted.

Zhang Tianyou hurriedly organized the guards and servants to take weapons and prepare to resist, if the other party had no malicious intentions, they would go to the side of the road; if the other party came to their convoy, regardless of whether he was a Yuan man or a bandit, Grandpa Zhang would not leave a living mouth under the stick.

The sound of horses' hooves gradually approached, and everyone became more and more nervous, except for Ma Xiuying, who could still look calmly among the female dependents, and the others hugged together and didn't dare to breathe.

"Uncle, the other party seems to be Han. A better-eyed nurse shouted. I saw five or six horses galloping quickly, and under the reflection of the moonlight and firelight, I could clearly see that the people riding horses were all about 30 men wearing Central Plains costumes.

Seeing that the other party was not many and was not a Yuan person, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least you can talk to these people, and you can't communicate with the Yuanren barbarians at all.

Zhang Tianyou opened his throat and shouted: "Your Excellency is a friend on which road? Zhang Tianyou, Guo Zixing's wife and brother, is now escorting my sister back to her hometown and province. ”

One of them grabbed the reins of the horse and replied loudly: "It turned out to be Guo Daxia's family, forgive me for bothering me." A certain is Chen Youliang from Hubei, who rushed back to Chuyang from Jiqing. Today, the three of us brothers and a few friends passed by here, missed the inn, and saw that there was a fire on the side of the brother's platform, so we came to ask for saliva to drink. ”

Zhang Tianyou put down the stick and laughed, "It turned out to be the Chen family brothers, welcome." It's just that I have a female dependent here, so it's inconvenient for you to come over, so my little brother will send someone to send two bags of water over. ”

"Make, make, thank you. Chen Youliang and the others jumped off their horses, their sharp eyes kept looking at the ox cart and the nearby entourage, as if admiring a prey. After listening to Zhang Tianyou's words, several people slowly retreated to a place ten zhang away from the convoy to light a fire and sit on the ground.

Ma Xiuying secretly raised her vigilance, ran to Zhang Tianyou's side and whispered: "Uncle, be careful of these people, I see that they have fierce faces and greedy eyes, I'm afraid they don't have good intentions towards us." ”

Zhang Tianyou didn't care, "There are so many of us, there are only a few of them, can they do it? ”

Ma Xiuying hurriedly said: "Uncle, if you take a closer look at them, they are all energetic and don't look like pedestrians who have traveled long distances, especially the leader Chen Youliang, who has thief eyebrows and rat eyes, and it is not a good thing at first glance." We were forced to live in the wasteland because we missed the inn, and they had fast horses, and they could not run for an hour or two to find a town to settle in, and they met us in the wilderness by such a coincidence? And they are not Yuan people and they are not officials, but everyone rides a horse, don't you think it's strange? How can ordinary people have such courage?"

Zhang Tianyou still didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "You don't understand, just now I have reported to my family, as long as I am a friend on the road, I will give face to my brother-in-law, if it is an ordinary person, I am afraid of what he will do? Besides, this road is not built by us, and if we can walk, people will not be able to go? When you go out, you will inevitably encounter trouble, and people are just begging for saliva to drink, so why should you make a fuss? If you want to say that horses are not necessarily rare, my brother-in-law Zhuangzi secretly raises more than a dozen horses. ”

"Uncle, even if you don't care, but Mrs. and Brother Tianxu are here, if that group of people really has ill intentions towards us, if something happens, how will you explain to your father-in-law at that time? Ma Xiuying saw that she couldn't move, Zhang Tianyou had to carry out Guo Zixing.

"This ......" is related to the safety of his sister and several nephews, Zhang Tianyou doesn't dare to hold it up, "Then what do you say?"

Ma Xiuying said categorically: "In my opinion, let's strike first!"

Zhang Tianyou was taken aback, "How can this be done? If these people are just ordinary passers-by, we will recklessly slaughter people, and it will damage my brother-in-law's reputation." ”

Ma Xiuying was full of black lines, "What I said about striking first means that we control them first, if they don't have bad intentions, we will let them go after dawn, and if they really have any ghost ideas, they can't do whatever they want under our control." ”

Zhang Tianyou thought about it, this is a good idea, if it is really a misunderstanding, apologize to them after dawn, and make things clear, anyway, everyone will not have anything to lose. It's just that this means of control is not easy to use, neither can you hurt the harmony by using force with a knife and a gun, but you can't let the other party move under your eyelids.

"I have a way to ......" Ma Xiuying rolled her eyes and muttered to Zhang Tianyou for a while, "If it's just a misunderstanding at that time, you can say that the child is ignorant and pushes it all on me, and they won't worry about a child." Hey, hey, hey!"

Zhang Tianyou wiped the sweat from his forehead, I am a mother, this ghost girl came up with an idea that is more ruthless than murder! No wonder several nephews and nieces always suffer under her.

Chen Youliang's group of people are also biting their ears, they are actually bandits who came out of Hubei.

Chen Youliang used to be a small county official in Chuyang, and since ancient times, officials have crushed people to death, and he is a low-level Han Chinese, so he is often harassed by the boss of the Yuan people. In a major outbreak of class contradictions, Chen Youliang and his brothers killed their bosses, stole horses, escaped from Chuyang, and fled to the neighboring province of Anhui to start a business. Today, I heard that a rich man's convoy came out of Dingyuan, and they stepped on the spot and investigated, and finally determined that the lethality of this group of "fat sheep" was not strong, so they couldn't wait to catch up.

Chen Yougui counted the number of people on the other side and asked, "Big brother, there are so many of them, can we do it?" I looked at the few strong black men sitting next to the fire. ”

Chen Youliang broke off a branch and threw it into the fire, licked his lips and said: "Wealth is in danger! Now this world supports the bold and starves the faint-hearted." As you saw along the way, the wheels of the ox cart were all sunk into the earth, and there was no idea how many good things there were in the cart. We have done this big deal, at least for half a year, we will not worry about eating and drinking, and we will return to Chuyang in the future. ”

"Return home!" Everyone cheered up and cheered up.

Chen Youliang lowered his voice and continued: "I have observed along the way, they are an independent team, and there are no other teams behind them. Except for the man named Zhang Tianyou and a few men next to him, the rest of the team are women and children, and they can't afford to make any waves. As long as we slaughter these men, those women and children will not be obedient and at our mercy?"

Chen Yougui showed a lewd smile on his face, "There are several women over there, hehe, and a few little girls, the eldest brother has to leave one for me when the time comes." ”

Chen Youren stretched out his head and looked at it and retracted it, and hesitated: "I heard that they are Guo Zixing's family members, then Guo Zixing can also be regarded as a well-known figure on the road, if he knows that we robbed his family, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain." ”

"Stupid!" Chen Youliang made a downward cutting gesture, "When the time comes, we won't have a single living mouth, who will know that we did it? Could it be that Guo Zixing can still grow clairvoyance and ears?"

Chen Youliang's subordinates asked, "But how do those black and strong men clean up?" If we fight one-on-one, our people won't be able to take advantage, and if we lose arms and legs, this trip will not be worth it." ”

The night wind blew, the nearby trees and weeds were blown undulating and swaying, the bonfire flickered and dimmed, Chen Youliang's face looked extremely hideous in the firelight, and he confidently gestured: "After drinking water for a while, we will pretend to rest, and they will also rest, and at most two or three people will take turns to keep vigil." In the middle of the night, people are most likely to take a nap, and when their people let their guard down, we will quietly get up, two against one, and wipe the neck of the night watchman first, so that they will not even have a chance to speak, and at last, even if someone notices, it will not help. ”

"Big brother is wise!" a few bandits slapped their ass, all with excitement and joy on their faces, as if the convoy opposite was already in their pockets.

After a while, Ma Xiuying and Zhang Tianyou came over with several bulging water bladders.

Ma Xiuying's eyes flickered indistinctly with the jump of the firelight, and she smiled innocently and innocently, and said crisply: "A few uncles, you have been waiting for a long time. My uncle said that people are thirsty and horses are thirsty, so I took an extra bag of water, and when you have drunk enough, you can give the horses a little more. And oh, I've added a little honey to the water so that you guys will feel sweet when you drink it. That's what I like to drink the most. ”

"The little girl is so well-behaved!" Chen Youliang did not doubt him, unscrewed the plug and poured a few sips, sure enough, there was a trace of sweetness in the water, and thought: For the sake of this little girl who is so cute, I won't torture her later, let her die a happy death.

The others also took turns pouring a few large mouthfuls of honey water, smashing their mouths, wiping their halas, and getting carried away with the taste: "This honey water is so sweet, the rich family's thing is comfort." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Tianyou's cheeks twitched, and sure enough, the person who came was not good. He lowered his head, covered the fierce light in his eyes, and greeted him courteously: "Brothers, drink as you like, it's not enough for me to send a few more bags." ”

"Enough, enough, thank you Brother Zhang. Chen Youliang saw that Zhang Tianyou didn't hear the meaning of the brothers' words, so he relieved himself and drank a few sips of water.